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Echoes From Dreamland 



BY 

Thos. Ostenson Stine 



Pacific Coast Edition 



seattle, washington 

The Puget Sound News Company 

1903 



NGRESS 

ceived 

JAN 

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Copyright, 1903 
By THOS. O. STINE. 



INTRODUCTION. 

From the time I was a student at the State University 
of Washington I have had occasion to read the literary- 
productions of Thomas Ostenson Stine. And inasmuch as 
it has fallen to my lot to read his manuscripts, without 
making or suggesting any changes, it affords me pleasure 
to give expression to my opinion. When he first com- 
menced to write verse it could be plainly seen that he 
possessed thought-power and emotion, but his knowledge 
of prosody was deficient. After a year or two, however, 
of literary effort he had mastered the poetic art to such a 
perfection that it is almost impossible to detect a false 
accent in his metre, be it ia,bic, trochaic, dactylic, amphi- 
brachic or any other form or combination of metre. 

Poetry in our age is said to be losing its power as well 
as its popularity. If this be true we are certainly losing a 
fruitful source of pleasure and refinement, for in poetry 
we find expression for our tenderest affections and our 
deepest emotions. 

Few things, surrounded by modern commercialism, are 
capable of maintaining their form for half a century or 
even a decade. Poetry with the rest must keep pace with 
tne time, and the prize will be for him who grasps the 
spirit of the coming day, and touches the finer chord in 
the hearts of man. Not many among our honored dead 



are more reverently remembered than the author of verse 
and song. When the present writers have gone from our 
view and the product of their pens has nearly vanished, 
then it is that the true lights will yield their richness. 

Perusing the manuscripts of this volume, I cannot fail to 
find many beautiful thoughts which will grow in appre- 
ciation as ages glide away. Its author shows a warm sym- 
pathy, yet a careful estimate of life. There is much 
beauty, inspiration and truth in these two lines from "Re- 
flections of Pete Laboe — " 

"Each year we tried a step to rise, 
To get a glimpse of Paradise." 

The following quotation from "Universal Language" is 
expressive of the higher ideal of the human soul: 

"So, let us all our forces join, 

In heart united stand. 

And love shall bloom in kindred speech 

Through ages without end." 

Throughout Mr. Stine's productions we see a penetrating 
intellect, fresh and rich thoughts entwined in wreaths of 
poetic art, which cannot fail to interest and inspire in- 
quiring minds to higher and nobler things. 

H. M. KORSTAD, A. M. 



CONTENTS. 

Page. 

An Evening on Puget Sound 31 

Around the Old Hearth 94 

At Poulsbo Bay 79 

Emblem of Freedom — 

Farewell to the Past 54 

Heroes of Santiago 21 

Hunting Mamma 95 

In God We Dwell 80 

In the Country 93 

King Bacchus 49 

Nellie Bohee 52 

Nome 38 

On Opal Sea 48 

Our Duty 51 

Peasant of Transvaal 57 

Queen of Peace 29 

Reflections of Pete Laboe 10 

Spring Hill 99 

Sheathe Your Sword 24 

Spring Nymph 90 

Spirit of Liberty 19 

The Hemlock 20 

The Burst of Morn on Puget Sound 32 

The Minstrel at Snoqualmie Falls 30 

The Baltic Scribe 81 

The Northland Nightingale 41 

The Man in the Moon 66 

The Spyglass 45 

Time 98 

Transvaal 65 

Tribute to Jenny Lind 87 

Tribute to Leif Erikson 85 

Tribute to Mt. Rainier 33 

Tribute to Venus 36 

I niversal Language 8 




TO THE READER. 

HROUGHOUT this volume the title of 
each poem, containing more than one 
page, is reproduced on each succeeding 
page, hence the reader, who glances 
casually through the book, should be 
careful in turning to the beginning of 
each production. 

THE PUBLISHERS. 



ECHOES FROM DREAMLAND. 



EMBLEM OF FREEDOM. 

Emblem of freedom how dearly I hail thee, 

Gleaming with spangles of victory won; 
Smiling with hope, which with longing has filled me, 
Courage and love that our fathers have shown. 
Firm in protection, 
Pure in affection, 
Pride of our country, the flag of the brave! 

Spirit awakens with fond recollection 
Deeds of our fathers that sleep in the grave. 



Tyranny rallied with fury despairing, 
Peasants to battle for liberty flee. 
Washington leading and firmly declaring, 
"Yankees forever unconquered and free." 
Land in commotion, 
War on the ocean, 
Never shall ruffle the flag on our shore, 

Flag that our fathers with blood and devotion 
Gallantly hoisted as onward they bore . 



UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE. 



From sea to sea our schools abound, 

We boast of learning great, 

Of him who speaks the Hebrew tongue. 

In French a graduate. 

We often grin at clannishness. 

At prejudice, indeed, 

When China's folly in the East 

1 hrough other minds we read. 



We see the scholar, linguist, scribe, 

At public places meet, 

To nurse the dead, decaying tongues, 

Or German phrases greet. 

They talk of treasure, wealth to gain, 

In Greek and Latin lore, 

But fail to see the jewels bright 

Upon the other shore. 



UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE. 

Who seeks to bar the stream o'i though! 

From universal flow. 

Erects a wall of clannishness. 

Where thorns and thistles grow. 

Who seeks to alienate the race 

By divers tongues or creeds, 

impedes the growth of unity 

And mischief sadly breeds. 

Unveil the gems that nature holds. 

Let love our weapon be 

To rend the walls which separate, 

Or chill our sympathy. 

Unite mankind from pole to pole 

Ey universal speech. 

And weld all nations into one 

To lii't the poor and rich. 

What language should the world adopt? 

The English I would choose. 

It's 1 it'll in words and vigorous, 

And fit for all our use. 

So, let us all our forces join. 

In heart united stand, 

And love shall bloom in kindred speech 

Through ages without end. 



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REFLECTIONS OF PETE LABOE. 

When songsters in their plumage fair 

Had drooped on branches here and there; 

When mountain peaks rose huge and high 

Against the western, sunset sky; 

I saw poor Pete; yes, Pete Laboe, 

The tenant son in spirit low. 

His locks were gray, and bent he stood 

Upon the graveyard by the wood. 

In restless mood he longed to hear, 

The sacred voice of one so dear, 

The echo of a maiden true. 

The faithful servant, Nellie Prue. 

A flood of love now shook his soul 

To ecstasy beyond control; 

For round his heart with magic care 

He seemed to feel her touches rare. 

His eyes grew moist, he gazed around, 

And spake unheeded on the ground: 

"No marble tops her weedy tomb, 

No epitaph, no fragrant bloom; 

Unknown she sleeps to pomp and fame, 

But virtue smiles around her name. 



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REFLECTIONS OF PETE LABOE. 

Ah, would to God her dust had tongue, 

That she again might lay in song 

Those thrilling tones of love divine, 

Which brought her lips so oft to mine. 

Ah, would to God the world could hear 

The echo of her soul so dear, 

The ebbing flow of love and truth, 

Which symbolized her age and youth." 

He stood and gazed upon her clay, 

And weeping loud he paced away 

With steps so tender on the grass, 

And whispered low as he did pass: 

"Despite of toil and servitude, 

Of angry words and action rude, 

She served her master true and brave 

Till she was carried to the grave. 

The master who for greed of wealth 

Had plucked her vitals — robbed her health- 

For when he quaffed his wine so red 

She toiled outdoors alone and sad; 

And often as the tears did roll 

Adown her cheeks to soothe her soul, 



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REFLECTIONS OF PETE LABOE. 

She thought about her humble birth 

And pitied all the poor ou earth." 

While on the sacred ground he paced 

Unconscious to his brow he raised 

His bony hand from weather brown. 

And on the graveyard, kneeling down. 

He thought of days when Nell and he 

Together capered reur.d in glee; 

He thought of dayi with gladness filled, 

And poverty that would not yield. 

His soul now ebbed with overflow, 

And quoth again in accents low: 

"How oft I saw her flit around 

With bleeding feet upon the ground. 

In chase of cattle on the leap, 

Or wading through the jungles deep; 

How oft I met her on the trail, 

When night had spread its dewy v< il 

In chilly crystals, shining fair, 

With dripping gown and ankles bare; 

How oft I saw her in the field, 

When moon a somber light did yield. 



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REFLECTIONS OF PETE LABOE. 

Alone and weary raking hay 

Till darkness drove the moon away." 

Now came the tender thought with tears, 

Which on his soul had burned for years. 

He stooped and laid his head so gray 

Upon her weedy tomb to say: 

•'How oft beneath the hemlock wings, 

On yonder slope where robin sings, 

We wont to play in fond caress, 

Or join in frolic on the grass. 

'Twas there our souls together rushed, 

When love in blushing childhood gushed; 

'Twas there beneath the spreading shade, 

When spring its velvet cloak had laid, 

In purple blooms upon the green, 

I broke the question most serene. 

The answer came as from above, 

Your heart was full with love of love, 

And touched my ear with nuptial sound, 

Beneath the branches on the ground." 

He slowly raised his weary head, 

Then shook his silver locks and said: 



REFLECTIONS OF PETE LABOE. 

"We tried to fix the time and place, 
And planned the preacher's fee to raise. 
We figured day, we figured night; 
We built oft castles, dark and bright; 
We tried each rule, but failed to give 
The requisite to wed and live. 
We met and chatted as before, 
But calculation evermore 
Unveiled the gloom of want and need, 
And so in sorrow we agreed 
To wait until some better time, 
Or try our luck in foreign clime. 
She joined her master, so did I. 
To labor hard by hands apply, 
For nothing else before us spread 
Than servitude to make our bread. 
Each day, each hour, from morn to night, 
The thought of bondage dimmed our sight. 
I tilled the soil, unflinching, true, 
And planted corn which richly grew. 
too, the maiden, bright and fair, 
The yoke of servitude did bear. 



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REFLECTIONS OF PETE LABOE. 

She lugged the urchins, raked the hay, 
And carried water from the bay. 
At dusk when darkness clad each dome, 
Alone she drove the cattle home; 
She milked the cows, she fed the swine, 
And plucked the berries from the vine. 
She gathered wood to feed the grate, 
And darned and sewed till ev'ning late. 
Each year we tried a step to rise, 
To get a glimpse of Paradise; 
But to our sorrow, steeped with rage, 
Our station darker grew with age. 
The sunshine which in childhood smiled 
The lurid world, unsought, beguiled, 
And filled our souls with dreams of hell. 
With gloom which only slaves can tell. 
The tender thoughts of early years 
Have vanished with the flow of tears. 
A stern reflection of our life 
Lays bare to view revolting strife. 
The nuptial bell which rang in youth 
Is rilent, mossy and uncouth. 



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REFLECTIONS OF PETE LABOE. 

The castles which we oft did frame 
Have crumbled into grief and shame, 
And on their ruin dwell our tears, 
Our smiles, our hope, of childhood years. 
A thrill of horror stirs my soul. 
The thoughts of youth, unfolded, roll 
As silently the past I scan, 
And gaze upon the tomb of man. 
Beneath this turf of grass and \ 

one for whom my heart doth bleed. 
Yes, one so pure, so sweet ar.d fair 
ise sympathy I longed to share. 
. often in the fragrant 1 a, 
When toil resigned to action fr< 
met and chatted here and Tit 

i with roses fair. 
How often, yes, how often then 
[n budding youth we laid our plan. 
The sunbeams round our vision played, 
But turned to moonbeams as we laid 
Our fancy on the screen of strife 
With full reality of life. 



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REFLECTIONS OF PETE LABOE. 

Erelong the laurels, wilted, waned, 

For tyranny supremely reigned, 

And paved our way with thorns and tears, 

Which darkened all our future years. 

Unyielding struggle sapped our strength. 

Till death had worked its gloomy length; 

The blooms of youth all turned to gray 

And toil and sorrow laid away 

Her form so fair beneath the sod 

To dwell forever with her God. 

The years that marked her earthly stroll 

Lie fresh and keen upon my soul. 

But lips I pressed in fond embrace 

Now sleep in dust beyond my gaze. 

And hands so full of care and toil 

Are mingling with the mother soil." 

A year of struggles fled apace, 

And Pete Laboe then joined her place. 

Their masters, too, now buried lie 

On marble arms in dust nearby. 

Their limbs are stretched in uncouth shape. 

And pearls their cells no longer drape; 



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REFLECTIONS OF PETE LABOE. 

For Nature says devoid of fear 
That High and Low and hoary Seer 
Shall turn to dust in one domain, 
Where law shall rule the mighty train. 



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SPIRIT OF LIBERTY. 

» 
Listen, the bugle is tenderly pealing, 

Lexington looming serenely today; 
Heaven with glory above us revealing, 

Freedom unfettered forever and aye. 
Often, yes, often with smiles of affection 

Scenes of the past are returning to view; 
Struggles involving the right of protection 

Ring from the graves of the noble and true. 

Bravely the pilgrims their country defended, 

Spirit of liberty prompted each man; 
Down through the valleys they swiftly descended, 

Fearless of death into battle they ran. 
Cannons and muskets around them were roaring, 

Yorktown their triumph proclaiming one day; 
Higher and clearer the bugle-notes soaring, 

Freedom unfettered forever and aye. 



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THE HEMLOCK. 

A scene so enchanting came o'er my soul, 

I saw the old hemlock and wildwood; 
The river and cliffs, where cataracts roll, 

With fancy and dreams of my childhood. 
The thrushes were fluting sweet in the lea, 

Their voices in consonance blended; 
The tapering treetops tingled with glee, 

And melodies softly ascended. 

How often at noon or ev'ning serene, 

The hemlock I courted divinely; 
The hemlock that crowns the sweet-scenting green, 

With branches outspreading sublimely. 
Yes, often I sought the hemlock's cool shade, 

So sacred and dear to my childhood, 
Where breezes beguiling wafted and played 

With fragrance that rose from the wildwood. 

With longing I hail the shady green spot, 

The hemlock that towers above it; 
The murmuring stream, my father's old cot, 

And songsters that circle around it. 
'Twas there in my youth when leisure it gave, 

I sat with my mother delighted; 
With mother so dear that sleeps in the grave 

Till twilight our vision benighted. 



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HEROES OF SANTIAGO. 
I. 

Tell me, tell me, I beseech you; 

Tell me truly, brothers, do; 
Tell me of the hope you cherished, 

Was it honor, pure and true? 
Was it fame, 
Or a name 
On the wings of future ages? 

Tell me, brothers, do I pray; 
Tell me of the glory wreathing 

Round your hoary heads today? 

II. 

On the breeze I hear the echo, 

Cannon's mouth proclaiming fame; 
Loud it lifts with thrilling horror 

Deeds of sorrow, blood and shame, 
Deeds of shame 
Void of fame. 
Nothing more; for listen, brothers! 

Fame to slay the mother's lad? 
Fame to crush the bloom of promise 

Like a demon, fierce and mad? 



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HEROES OF SANTIAGO. 
III. 

Fame to wade in blood unguilty, 
Pleading justice to your God? 

Life in budding spring of manhood 

Quenched unheeded with your rod. 
Quenched in gore, 
Nevermore 

Shall the savage feats of mankind 
Smile upon the throne of fame; 

Beam with honor, pure and worthy, 
Build a cherished, lasting name. 

IV. 

On the glass of time reflecting 

Hang the shadows of the past; 
Men that Homer couched in ballads 

Sleep in darkness with the rest. 
Sleep in rhyme, 
Higher climb; 
For the buds of pure affection 

On the plane of virtue bloom; 
Never cluster with their beauty 

Round the warrior's haughty tomb. 



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HEROES OF SANTIAGO. 



Heroes like the great Napoleon, 

Caesar of the Roman sway, 
Shall before the rising sunbeams 

Wither, die and pass away. 
Wither fast, 
Die at last 
Or. the arms of bloody glory, 

Which with evolution wanes, 
Slow but steady as we journey 

Up the higher, nobler planes. 



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SHEATHE YOUR SWORD. 

My heart is sad, a scene of ghastly hue 

Has spread its blood-stained bosom to my view. 

The past, unheeded, lifts a cry of woe; 

I hear the echo rising from below. 

Inspired with dread, it trembles to my ear 

With cannon's roar, with shouts of pain and fear. 

Surveying all, the tears begin to flow 

As oft I gaze with longing keen to know 

The cause of blood, the want of human love. 

The empty heart, devoid of God above. 

silly mortals! kings and monarchs strong 
Beneath whose scepters moves the busy throng. 
All linked together, welded into one, 

By soul and flesh around a union throne. 
Around the goal of equal destiny, 
Where God and man unite their sympathy. 
Still, like the beast whose breast is fraught 
With savage passion, prompting savage thought, 

1 see the hoary age and docile youth. 
Devising schemes to violate the truth. 



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SHEATHE YOUR SWORD. 

That man who bears the living stamp of God 

Should mount the musket, wield the bloody rod, 

Has been to me a question hard to solve, 

As "Virtue fails this doctrine to involve. 

The law divine, uniting God and man, 

The sacred ties of nature's binding plan, 

We have, O mortals! stabbed with saber bright, 

Derided Love and lauded brutal might. 

With broken heart I view the feuds of yore, 

A sea of sorrow, death and stiffened gore, 

Reveals the want of love and sympathy, 

And chills the soul which lifts humanity. 

To let resentment move the heart to wrath; 

To teach the soul to lead a warlike path ; 

To foster hate, inspired with vengeance fierce, 

Are follies floating down the stream of years. 

I see before me cities paved with gold; 

Yes, jeweled mansions, wealth and pomp untold; 

I see before me mothers true and fair 

With children grouped around them glad to share 

Their love divine, their hope and sacred will. 

With tender smiles which to the heart appeal; 



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SHEATHE YOUR SWORD. 

I see before me fathers old and gray 

Around the hearth where children titter gay; 

I see them smile, the country's hope and guide, 

With youthful mirth and patriotic pride. 

The view expands, my thoughts with sadness roll, 

Unveiling wastes around a bloody goal. 

The blooming lads by force their virtue yield, 

Erelong their bodies line the battlefield. 

The tavage pride which moves the human race 

To rank of martial dignity and craze 

Has left its marks of ruin, blood and tears, 

From time unknown down through the stretch of years. 

Can conscience sanction, folly to excess, 

That standing armies elevate to bless? 

Let Reason cross the wastes that war has made, 

The bloody playgrounds where the shining blade 

The sons of man, unblushing, weeded down, 

Destroying all, the village, farm and town. 

Degenerated man, devoid of heart, 

Whose inward soul is breathing warlike art; 

Whose cold instinct can hover o'er the dead 

And fill the cannon's mouth with shells of lead. 



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SHEATHE YOUR SWORD. 

Unchaste and soul-quenched, lower than the beast, 

Whose frozen conscience never thaws to feast 

Upon the field of love where Virtue dwells, 

Or sympathy in pulsing bosoms swells. 

Ah, mortals! sons of man, let Reason speak, 

Permit the soul the divers planes to seek; 

Unveil the scenes where armies wont to share 

In bloody deeds with weapons fierce and bare. 

Behold the peasants who unheeded toil; 

Their brows are wet, they till the stubborn soil; 

Their bony hands, unflinching, wield the hoe 

And thousands gather round to feast and grow 

Upo'ii their scanty fruit, by labor gained, 

The autocrat, the soldier idly trained. 

It chills my soul as oft I pause to scan 

The wrong inspired by ignorance of man. 

Behold, my brothers, see the useless crowd, 

The multitude impertinent and proud, 

Whose training nurses mean and wicked deeds; 

To ruin, slay, their mission sadly leads. 

Above their rank a sceptered king is crowned 

With military pomp he gazes round. 



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SHEATHE YOUR SWORD. 

His bosom beats with thoughts of low intent, 
For man in truth to higher goal is bent. 
In lieu of armies, soldiers trained to kill, 
Encourage science, foster God's own will. 
A glimpse of nature rather than to plead 
For savage laurels which to mischief lead. 
Unite mankind with ties of love and truth. 
Unfold the good ,the wounds inflicted soothe. 
Beneath the crust of ignorance I see 
The bloom of virtue smiling pure and free. 
In nature's bosom truth inspiring lies 
And love divine on wings elated flies. 
Desist, my friends, to teach the young to wade 
Through seas of guiltless blood with shining blade, 
But seek to guide the old and rising youth 
With thoughts of virtue, lasting love and truth. 



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QUEEN OF PEACE. 

Yes, my soul grew restless 

As I gazed around, 
And beheld my brothers 

Lying on the battle ground. 
But as I was lonely gazing 

Came a message on the breeze, 
And beguiling as an angel 

Rose the stately queen of peace 
And beguiling as an angel 

Rose the stately queen of peace. 

Oft I stood and listened 

To her words serene, 
Which with gladness filled me 

On the sad and lonely green. 
On the green so sad and lonely, 

As she viewed the deeds of yore, 
There her soul with longing whispered: 

"Peace on earth forevermore." 
There her soul with longing whispered: 

"Peace on earth forevermore." 



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THE TvllNSTREL AT S.NOQUALMIE FALLS. 

He paused on his way, he listened and gazed, 
For Nature was chiming so purely; 

He wondered what hand had chiseled the walls 
That towered above him securely. 

The sunbeams were weaving arches of gold, 

And music to heaven ascended; 
The spirit of God in nature revealed, 

His echo in cataracts blended. 

Inspiration burst with tears as he gazed, 
The grandeur bewildered and stirred him; 

The raging and foaming stream as it fell 
Upbfted his soul and inspired him. 



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AN EVENING ON PUGET SOUND. 

A vocal stretch in sapphire glow, 
A sunset sea of melted gold. 
Where dancing ripples softly laugh, 
And music fills the balmy air. 

In robes of green the banks outstretch, 
The pine and fir with burning wings 
Lay shadows on thy gleaming breast, 
Where loving breezes gently play. 

Above the clouds the snow-capped guards 
Have pushed their hoary heads on high 
To watch the sea-gulls sailing round 
Upon the billows' streaming lock:-. 

The fragrant blooms along the strand 
Have drooped their heads in calm repose; 
The sun has sunk behind the hills, 
Where silver cloudlets float in wine. 



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THE BURST OF MORN ON PUGET SOUND. 

Sad darkness creeps away in gloom, 
The jeweled East begins to loom. 

Bright streaks like fiery tongues appear, 
Then blazing beams the earth endear. 

Low hang the birds on wings in space, 
The twilight melts around the place. 

The ripples roll in gilded hue, 

And pearl-set blooms bewitch the view. 

A drowsy zephyr shakes the pine, 
The partridge struts among the vine. 

Now, mounts the sun the sky serene 
To kiss the hillocks robed in green. 



TRIBUTE TO MT. RAINIER. 

How often have I turned with wonder unto thee, 
Most awful form, the king of kings thou standest firm 
On green-swathed feet, with head of silver rising high. 
Enchanted I've stood and gazed upon thy rugged breast, 
Outstretched with verdure, where fierce torrents swiftly roll 
With thy huge tears to swell the deep, which carols loud. 
And lifts a voice of praise unto thee — awful mount. 
Canst thou, O sprite, which soars around this silent shape, 
Tell me who set his pillars on the rock of time? 
Who rounded his broad shoulders? robed his head with 
snow? 

Who dressed his feet with roses, hemlock, pine and fir? 

Whose hand unlocked the streams which tumble down his 
sides 

With music which awakes the soul to ecstasy? 
O God! Thy heart in rocks and winding torrents throbs; 
In valleys decked with blooms; in cloudland streaked with 
gold ; 

And would that I did know thy sacred will and plans. 
How often in the morning when the sun emerged 
From out the crimson curtain in the rosy East, 
I've stood enchanted in Thy gentle breath and gazed, 



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TRIBUTE TO MT. RAINIER. 

Filled with Thy soul, O God! my eyes grew dim with tears, 

As I distracted viewed Thy work of ages long. 

The sunbeams bore on seraph wings I watched and hailed, 

As they descended from Thy blazing throne above, 

And with the smiles of Heaven laid their tender lips 

Upon Thy less divine creation — land and sea. 

Uplifted, filled with rapture as I turn to thee, 

O hoary mount! the monarch of the drifting clouds. 

Below thy broad and chilly brow the sea-gulls hang, 

Or drift on snowy wings around thy fragrant feet. 

Thy bosom, sloping seaward, teems with streams that roll 

With music fierce and mad, to mingle with the sea. 

Precipitous and wild, the gushing torrents leap. 

And rainbows bend in arches round thy rock-ribbed breast. 

When heavenward I gaze, my soul is filled with joy, 

As I behold the purple strung on bars of gold. 

O clouds, which sweep above me, gray or flushed with red, 

Can ye unveil the arm which pushed this form on high? 

And blazing shafts, the signs of storm and thunderbolts, 

Which shoot across the deep blue like Jove's burning car, 

Can ye tell me the purpose of this hoary shape. 

With head in heaven, feet sunk deep beneath the sea? 



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TRIBUTE TO MT. RAINIER. 

Enchanting sunbeams, messengers from climes above, 
Tell me who robed this stately form with dazzling light? 
No answer, silence, save the soughing of the pine. 
O God! to Thee I turn, Thou Nature's God, to Thee. 
Within Thy bosom wisdom lurks in many moods. 
Thy mighty hand this awful form through ages shaped 
And clothed him with the garments of Thy own free soul. 
Thou crowned him with a hood of snow and bade him 
shine; 

Thou loosened his huge tears and called the torrents forth; 
Thou bade me roses and the wildwood dress his feet, 
And sunbeams from above to paint his rugged breast. 



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TRIBUTE TO VENUS. 

Silently when shadows blended 

On the breast of night, 
From thy blazing throne descended 
Glimpses of delight. 

Smiling purely, 
And securely 
Hung thy beams in dazzling pride 
Down the heaven deep and wide. 

In the ev'ning I have seen thee 

Perched on silver feet, 
Playing like a seraph round me, 
Tenderly and sweet. 

Playing, winking, 
Softly blinking 
From thy lofty throne on high 
To thy sisters in the sky. 



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TRIBUTE TO VENUS. 

On thy pearl-set bosom wreathing 

Golden smiles of love; 
Rapture which my soul is breathing 
From the realm above. 

Mute, beguiling, 
Gently smiling, 
As thy silver lances leap 
Down the silent, azure deep. 

Oft thy glory lifts our station, 

Joy that heaven sips, 
Which is falling to our vision 
From thy solar lips. 

Shining purely, 
Tell me truly 
What thy constant purpose be 
In the blue and silent sea? 



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NOME. 

Breezes Hying over mountains down upon the gloomy Nome 
Take me gently, I beseech you, as you southward seek to 
roam. 

Lust for treasure brought me hither from the verdant Pu- 

get Sound, 
Nuggets which my soul have tempted hid within this frozen 

ground. 

Mountain ranges sweeping northward to the shining polar 

sea, 
Gold-bestudded, proudly boasting, rugged monsters sad to 

me. 

Fainly would I honor give you as my soul unbiased speaks; 
Riches doubtless throng your besom, spreading out with 
snow clad peaks. 

Heaven often bends above you, sparkling bright with iris 

hue; 
Heavy breathe the rolling billows on the ocean deep and 

blue. 

Sunshine often in the summer cheers the lonely, blushing 

bloom; 
Fierce and savage broods the winter o'er the landscape 
wrapped in gloom. 

Cold and dreary is his palace, pillared firm with beams of 

ice; 
Frozen stands the lonely hillock, and the snow around it 

Hies. 

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NOME. 

Often in the star-lit even, when the breezes chilled the lea; 
When sweet fancy ushered gladness to my heart near by 
the sea; 

Often then stole thought and duty o'er my soul with many 

tears, 
Thinking deeply of the pleasure which I hailed in former 

years; 

Thinking of the present status, eager after gold and fame, 
Grasping, hoarding, empty jewels in a manner steeped with 
shame. 

Often in a trance of wonder have I watched the eager 

crowd, 
Searching in a sort of madness up the rivers swift and loud. 

Often, often as the sunbeams faded from my view at night 
Have I listened to the lawless, lurking round with weapons 
bright, 

Driving men with blade and musket from their claims so 

dearly paid; 
Stabbing, shooting, bloody murder! as to plans that rovers 

made. 

Honest miner, haunted, tortured, as he little tried to make; 
He who sought with pick and shovel mountain's stubborn 
slope to break; 

He who left his wife and children in a country far away. 
Not to look for joy or glory, but their home to save and 
pay; 

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NOME. 

He who left his sweetheart sighing with a kiss upon her 

lips; 
He who left his weeping mother, gazing at the north-bound 

ships. 

These and others have been plundered, pity him who laid 

the plan! 
Pity all so low in spirit as to hurt their fellow men. 



40 



THE NORTHLAND NIGHTINGALE. 

Bird of royal birth and station, 
Oft my childhood thou didst charm. 

With thy thrilling flute so tender 
On the happy Valders farm. 

Many years have passed unheeded, 

Struggles which have ceased to be, 
Since I left thy home and country 
Far away beyond the sea. 

Still, a fond remembrance fills me. 
Fresh in love and cherished hope, 

As I think about thy capers 

On the pine-clad mountain slope. 

In the morn when sunbeams scattered 
Streaks of gold athwart the lea, 

On the pine or weeping willow 
Burst thy strains of jubilee. 



41 



THE NORTHLAND NIGHTINGALE. 

When the sun in yonder westland 
Drew his swords of silver hue 

From the lips of drowsy billows, 
Sweeter still thy music grew. 

Soft and tender as the brooklet 

Fell thy voice upon my ear. 
With a charming touch of Heaven, 

Pure, beguiling, sweet and clear. 

Oft the twilight breeze did carol, 
Shook with melodies my soul; 
But its sighing strains soon vanished, 

When thy music sought control. 

When thou soared for pleasure northward, 

Laden with the joy of May, 
Then the hardy sons of Northland 

Rose to listen to thy lay. 



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THE NORTHLAND NIGHTINGALE. 

And the maidens, fair and blushing, 
At the loom or spinning-wheel, 

Rushed with sudden flirt and flutter 
On the lawn with magic will. 

Filled with joy thou sang delighted, 
Panting forth a stream of love, 

Like an angel, strayed, departed, 
From the sunny clime above. 

Oft my thoughts to thee are bending, 
Thinking of the early years, 

When I listened to thy fluting 

Till my eyes grew dim with tears. 

Would that I again could meet thee 
On some fragrant mountain slope, 

And with childhood spirit listen 
To thy song of love and hope. 



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THE NORTHLAND NIGHTINGALE. 

Leagues of sea and land are lying, 

Stretched between thy home and mine, 

Still thy notes inspire and fill me, 
Lift my soul to spheres divine. 

Time and distance cannot part us, 
Chill nor mar our kindred ties; 

Spirit which uplifts and guides thee 
Also in my bosom lies. 



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THE SPYGLASS. 

The pages on record that picture the past, 
In stillness I view with the sages at rest. 

'Tis clear to my mind as I ponder and gaze, 

That man through his struggles uplifted the race. 

A stretch of unfoldment in divers degree, 
From Socrates' time to our Huxley I see. 

The Anglos and Saxons like Teutons did rove, 
The Vikings from Northland and others have strove, 

With savage attempt as they wandered for prey, 
To master the earth and each other to sway. 

The sunshine that brooded in darkness and birth 
Came smiling through clouds to illumine the earth. 

Each choosing a clime to its liking and taste, 
And nations were founded and separate placed. 



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THE SPYGLASS. 

The tongue that each spoke was unwritten and crude; 
The codes that existed more stifle than prude. 

When ages departed to line the dark tomb, 
Then Ignorance grunted in desolate gloom; 

When science was rooted, its tendrils increased, 
As barbarous traits of humanity ceased. 

The rapture inspiring brought musical chime, 
And language was moulded to meter and rhyme. 

The ships that were sailing the deep rolling sea 
Wove nations together by friendly decree. 

Through sequence of ages the nations entwined, 
With argosies laden the ocean was lined. 

The Schoolhouse appeared, though quite meager at first, 
But grew and expanded as Ignorance cursed. 

The sunshine of knowledge was driven from rest, 
And darkness unfolded her hideous breast. 



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THE SPYGLASS. 

i 
As yet we are groping — our Heaven unborn — 
But sunbeams are creeping to kiss the bright morn, 

When nations shall weld round a union-laid throne, 
All speak the same language, all counsel as one; 

When Science shall blaze through the gorges of hell, 
That God the Almighty His secrets may tell. 



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ON OPAL SEA. 

Leap ye winds on sandalled feet. 

And sing ye waves your sweetest chimes. 

On Opal Sea 

In jolly glee. 

Laugh ye hemlock, fir and spruce. 
And play ye breezes with their wings. 

In freedom's air. 

In sun so fair. 

Smile ye flowers in gladness free. 
I kiss your lips and love you true, 

Sweet daisies white, 

So pure and bright. 

Burst ye rose-buds, fresh and full, 
And drink the nectar heaven sips. 

The beams sublime 

From solar clime. 

Lift your heads ye stately hills. 

And scatter smiles where music flows. 

On Opal Sea, 

And land so free. 



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KING BACCHUS. 

King Bacchus with his brimming cup 
At Christmas eve was singing, 
His soul was free, his lips were loud 
With notes exalted ringing. 

In jolly mood 

Inspired he stood, 
And praised the loving bowl. 
With music in his soul. 

He sipped the purple flush with joy. 
Elated he was smiling, 
At goblins in their jeweled cars. 
Or ghosts on wings beguiling. 

Again he sips 

With ruby lips 
The nectar in the glass, 
Then round he lets it pass. 

And drinking still, he grows and swells. 
He hails the cup with pleasure. 
And boasts of strength and daring feats. 
His gold and costly treasure. 

Again he sips 

With ruby lips 
The sparkling wine so red, 
In honor of the dead. 



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KING BACCHUS. 

He claims the crown, a royal crown, 
King Bacchus in his glory, 
But as he stands his scepter falls 
And leaves a dreadful story. 

Again he sips 

With ruby lips 
His loving, farewell bowl, 
With sorrow in his soul. 

No trophy crowns his weedy tomb, 
He courted vice with pleasure, 
He made the mothers sad at heart. 
And tears the children's treasure. 

His way was wrong, 

His only song 
Was sorrow steeped with shame. 
To cluster round his name. 



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OUR DUTY. 

It is our duty, one and all, 

To do our best; 
To live a life which time may prove 

To be a test 
Of virtue, honesty and truth 

As ages roll 
With steady, firm, unchanging speed 

To higher goal. 
It is our duty, one and all, 

To do our part, 
To lift the fallen, poor and weak, 

With willing heart; 
To stand united, work as one, 

For truth and right; 
To lead the weary, fettered soul 

To freedom's light. 
It is our duty, one and all, 

To clear the way, 
To build a bridge to higher planes 

From day to day; 
To do our share of honest toil 

In court and lea; 
To make the world divine and sweet 

On land and sea. 



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NELLIE BOHEE. 

Alone on the pier sat Nellie Bohee, 

At twilight in silent devotion; 
Heartbroken she gazed with longing to see 

Her father come sailing the ocean. 

Chorus. 

She waited alone, poor Nellie Eohee. 

Alone on the pier by the ocean; 
And saw far away the wide-spreading sea 

With ships on its bosom in motion. 

At last she beheld her ship from the pier, 
And knelt as she waited in blessing; 

Then toddled to kiss her father so dear 
Aboard of the vessel now resting. 

"Dear father." she said in accents quite low, 
"Come go with me home I am waiting? 

For mother is ill ami anxious to know 
About your long voyage belating." 



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NELLIE BOHEE. 

'My Nellie," he sighed, "I cannot today," 
The captain in anguish repenting; 

"Go tell to the world my darling I pray, 
The curse of the wine glass so tempting. 



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FAREWELL TO THE PAST. 

Farewell! each trying year, farewell! 

Thy time has ceased to be, 
Still in thy withered heart I hear 

The echo of the free. 

Thy path is robed with many smiles, 
With tears and sorrow deep, 

And struggles which my fathers bore 
Within thy bosom sleep. 

The kings that wont to rule are mute, 

Their lips in silence lay, 
In dust upon their marble chins 

Within their cells of clay. 

Around their sacred berths I see 
Their subjects, strong and frail, 

Together stretched beneath the sod 
Where equal rights prevail. 



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FAREWELL TO THE PAST. 

No class distinction there is known, 

They all together sleep; 
The rich and poor, the wise and fool, 

No serf to toil and weep. 

How often on this weedy turf 

Their deeds we fail to see, 
Their onward march with weary steps 

To freedom's jubilee. 

Their struggles prompt us, teach, unfold, 

A lesson true to life; 
Yes, something good, I truly ween, 

To mitigate our strife. 

What should we gather from the past? 

A question ever new; 
The good, of course, the answer be, 

The only treasure, too. 



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FAREWELL TO THE PAST. 

Leave all the false, impure and bad, 

In darkness buried safe; 
Leave every creed and doctrine wrong 

To perish in the grave. 

Leave all which leads to woe and fear, 

With sunshine fill thy soul, 
And scatter smiles of love and truth. 

As ages onward roll. 



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PEASANT OF TRANSVAAL. 

He was a peasant, faithful to the soil, 

A noble soul quite bent with years and toil. 

His name was known for many leagues around 

As Paul Van Dyke, a Boer firm and sound. 

Below the Pisang, sloping southward down. 

With ridges huge and wild behind the Siwand's town; 

There he, Old Paul, with neighbors dwelled in peace, 

And tilled the soil with comfort, joy and ease. 

His heart was warm with patriotic love, 

And for his guidance turned to God above; 

His blood bore tints of Holland's sturdy race 

And freedom smiled with boldness in his face. 

At home he was a father, kind and dear, 

And young and old pronounced his title clear; 

Among the pioneers, the country's guide, 

He swung the axe with courage, love and pride; 

And on his back hung many trying years 

Of frontier struggle, loneliness and tears; 

From early manhood till his locks turned gray 

He toiled, unflinching, on a spot of clay; 



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PEASANT OF TRANSVAAL. 

And in a valley, spreading to the sun, 

He had a pleasant homestead of his own. 

On Sunday, like his neighbors, poor and rich, 

He went to church to hear the parson preach. 

In Sunday school he heard the children cite, 

The moral code, his guiding lamp and light. 

Each ev'ning ere his household did retire, 

He read the scripture by the blazing fire; 

His way was humble, he displayed no art, 

But acted out the dictates of his heart. 

He sought no place upon the scroll of fame; 

He boasted not of royal birth or name. 

No college course had he in youth enjoyed, 

But leisure hours for study he employed. 

The annals of his country, wit and lore, 

Since Holland's pilgrims touched the Afric shore, 

Lay fresh and unforgotten in his mind, 

And with a force of logic oft defined 

The British deeds and tyranny of yore, 

That people of his clime with patience bore. 

And often he in rising accents spoke 

About the Lion's haughty mien and yoke. 



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PEASANT OF TRANSVAAL. 

The pioneers on Plymouth rocky strand, 

The struggles of the early pilgrim band, 

Unfolded to his view with dreadful thought 

Of tyranny which British rule had brought. 

His bosom burned, his prayer rose in vain; 

Expatiating, he gazed across the main, 

And saw the cruel yoke the people bore 

With tears and longing on the Yankee shore. 

A sting of horror pierced his soul and flesh, 

He saw the sword, he heard the cannon's clash. 

He told his household, neighbors all around, 

That British shells would burst on Transvaal's ground. 

His vision proved a warning to them all, 

And peasants soon in rank of battle fall. 

Erelong the cannons, fierce and loud, did roar, 

And Boers with their muskets onward bore. 

For freedom, justice, and their country dear, 

They rushed to battle from afar and near. 

The women, too, like brave and fearless men 

With weapons on their shoulders into battle ran. 

Now, Paul Van Dyke and all his neighbors round 

With guns and hatchets seek the battle ground. 



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PEASANT OF TRANSVAAL. 

Their homes, their children, lowing herds and all, 

They leave to Heaven's sacred will and call. 

Among the lot of Transvaal's noble sons 

Were hoary heads that bent beneath the guns, 

But to the bugle sound they onward tread 

The trembling age together with the lad. 

"One motto only," thus the peasants spake, 

"To fight for right or die Tor freedom's sake." 

The valiant train of hardy toilers sweep 

Adown the hills and into valleys deep. 

The flitting beams on silver-moulded feet 

From heaven's blazing dome their venture greet; 

And brooklets played their mellow flutes with glee, 

As on they pressed to fight for liberty. 

Brave Paul Van Dyke and all his noble men 

With dauntless courage into battle ran. 

They fought with valor, onward! straight ahead! 

They heeded not the shining blade or lead. 

On Tugela, as twilight veiled the dell, 

Then Paul Van Dyke a victim to the British fell. 

As he alone before his captors stood, 



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He pleaded not for mercy as a coward would; 
But stated firmly on the hostile ground, 
"My name is Dyke, a Boer firm and sound." 
"A rebel of the blackest hue and mould," 
His captors cried in accents fierce and cold. 
"Unmoved you stand, incapable of right, 
Upon the threshold of a gloomy night." 
"A rebel, no," the captive now began 
To waft his reason to the earless men. 
"Tne Boers are," he emphasized with zeal, 
"A people loyal to their country's weal." 
"Yes, loyal traitors to the British crown, 
A savage horde, from mountains pouring down." 
The redcoats to his pleading thus replied 
With emphasis which thirst for blood implied. 
Before a martial tribune he was brought, 
And officers with skill of magic sought 
To draw the secrets from his dauntless mind, 
The secret plans the Boers had outlined. 
The proffer came in tone of gentle air, 
"Reveal all plans, each move in words lay bare, 



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PEASANT OF TRANSVAAL. 

And gold shall crown you on the battle field, 
Bui to the sword the rebels all must yield." 
Brave Dyke, with locks of silver on his head, 
Now resolutely rose and firmly said: 
"Your honor, soldiers, men of lofty seats, 

■art which throbs with freedom's pulsing beats, 
You may, to soothe your wrath and maddened spleen, 
Pluck from my breast and scatter o'er the green, 

question not my country to betray, 
My native land, my home, for life and pay." 
He paused a moment, stroke his silver hair, 
Then drew a breath, a breath of midnight air. 
"The Boers," he continued, gazing round, 
Have made their homes upon the Transvaal ground. 

id the frontier, broke the stubborn sod; 
They faced the savage with his bloody rod; 
They turned the jungles into smiling fields; 
They opened mines which treasure plenty yields. 
And now you come, proclaim the will of God! 
Demand our homes and every inch of sod. 
Yes, now when wealth and plenty richly teem, 
And frontier struggles with enchantment gleam, 



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You draw the saber, ope the cannon's mouth, 
And slay the pioneers both north and south, 
Who braved the wilderness for freedom's sake; 
Who sought a country fierce and wild to make 
Homes for the homeless, comfort for the poor, 
Those who could not the crowded world endure. 
Your honor, soldiers, men of royal mould, 
Yes, men of learning, lofty rank and gold, 
You may with ruthless steel the Boers slay; 
Yes, stab their hearts and cover them with clay. 
But listen, soldiers, soldiers of the English mould, 
No man of Boer type will sell his land for gold; 
No man of Boer type to save his life will yield, 
Or turn a traitor on the battle field; 
For justice steeped with freedom's holy blaze 
Has moved with burning love our humble ra 
And by and for our native soil we stand 
Till death relieves us with his chilly hand." 
The martial court that listened to his plea 
Decided rose and let the peasant free. 
His courage, warm with patriotic zeal. 
Bestirred the tribune's heavy heart and will. 



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PEASANT OF TRANSVAAL. 

The cruel thoughts which basked upon his soul 
By silent reason into pity roll; 
And bade his captive join the Boer's rank. 
Across the stream, beyond the river bank. 
Erelong conditions took a rapid change, 
And British arms beheld a broader range. 
May future now the wounds of war besoothe, 
And pave the way with justice, love and truth. 
Yes, build a bridge to Heaven's lofty dome, 
And right the wrong in each and every home. 



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TRANSVAAL. 

At Thy great throne, O God! I kneel, 
I feel the stings of cruel steel. 
What have I done I meekly pray? 
For freedom's goal I weep today. 
In blood my sons deep gasping lie, 
Can greed for gold the cause deny? 

I see the fee both north and south, 
And ghastly roars the cannon's mouth; 
But can the lead, the blood and tears 
Rebuild the love of former years? 
Can they besoothe my wounded breast? 
Replant my feet on freedom's crest? 

The pilgrims on the Afric soil 
Forsook their homes for honest toil, 
They threw their fortune on the wave, 
And little thought of life or grave; 
In foreign land they kissed the earth, 
And prayed to God for freedom's birth. 

Here come the foe their lives to quell — 
See! volleys from the throats of hell. 
O Lord! I kneel and humbly pray, 
How can this be Thy will or way? 
Save me, O God! my heart is torn, 
And bleeding, dying, lost, forlorn. 

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THE MAN IN THE MOON. 

As twilight deepened around the wings of night, the 
man in the moon rode in his blazing chariot up the purple 
horizon, which melted into a soft blue as he scoured on- 
ward, leaving streaks of silver and gold behind. His 
hoary head loomed brilliantly as he cast his big eyes upon 
the earth with a stern, reflective look. Rolling through 
the heavens with a steady motion, his staring eyes grew 
more intense and penetrating. He flung his flaming lances 
athwart the blue vault of the sky; his cheeks flushed and 
his streaming locks filled the firmament with celestial 
splendor. 

Growing uneasy, ho whipped his royal steeds into a 
burning whiteness and dashed through a black cloud like a 
meteor. As he landed on the opposite side in an Gpen sea 
of bright azure, he shone with the luster of Venus, and 
magically poured a flood of Heavenly advice down the 
deep blue, proclaiming in a silvery phraseology: "From 
time immemorial I have made my regular journeys around 
the earth in my blazing vehicle for the purpose of guiding 
you during the dark and treacherous night. I have spread 



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THE MAN IN THE MOON. 

my dazzling beams over cities and valleys; I have blazed 
the track of rich and poor; I have never quenched the 
flame of my lamp on any occasion or at any place. Not- 
withstanding the long stretch of years, I have done just 
as my father told me when he sent me into space on his 
mighty arm of gravitation, namely, to shine at night. 

"I remember distinctly the crude beginning of our 
solar system; I have watched the wise and incessant work 
of our Creator, his busy fingers, his broad, sagacious head, 
robed with a mingling o? snow and evergreen, spring 
lilies and summer blossoms, constantly changing from a 
fresh green to the yellow hue of autumn; from the icy 
touch of winter to the fragrant bower of spring. 

"In my revolutions around your globe for millions 
of years I have had occasion to see many queer and in- 
teresting things. Often have I gazed witn joy and glory 
in my soul at the progress of evolution; often have I hoped 
to see the summit of perfection, the union of heart and 
hand in the mighty realm of divine forces. But, alas.' 
as my chariot rolled over fields of celestial serenity, it 



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plunged, now and then, into deep and black shadows, 
where bold conspirators incessantly worked on gigantic 
schemes to upset the equilibrium of the whole creation." 

He paused for a moment, watched the steady motion 
of his steeds, then turned his staring eyes earthward 
again, gazing in an attitude of deep meditation. "I have 
a story to tell you," he resumed, deliberately, growing 
intense and earnest as he proceeded. "Long, long ago, 
the mighty Creator of all things, my father, your father, 
and everybody's father, had planned for the advent of man 
on the earth. He called forth from the bosom of his own 
soul a certain species of plants, which, with the flow of 
time, blossomed, changed, unfolded, beautified. From 
the same source he wrung the fishes and other animals of 
an inferior type, which also evolved into higher forms. 
He breathed intelligence into every living thing, an intelli- 
gence which expanded and penetrated into every molecule. 

•Man sprang into existence by slow degree, unfolded 
and broadened, became the master of brute force and the 
highest form of living creatures. God, who is all, has 



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been generous with this peculiar composition called man. 
He has moulded his form in the crucible of beauty and 
grace; He has bathed his soul in the sunshine of intelli- 
gence and reason; He has opened the gates of Heaven and 
unlocked the vault of sublimity and rapture for his en- 
joyment and pleasure. But how has this creature called 
man appropriated nature's luxurious gifts? 

"Perdition! my heart aches as I listen to the different 
nucleus of bald-headed schemers, counselling among them- 
selves to violate every law; plan to burst the links of 
mutual affiliation and to loosen the golden clasp of eter- 
nal affinity which unite man and God into one. I have 
tried to refrain from giving expression to my view, but 
whereas, I see before me the highest form of nature throw 
aside the sunbeams of reason and wisdom, and, like apes, 
sip from the bowl of ignorance the poisonous juice of 
superstition, egotism and greed, I can no longer remain 
silent. 

"Have you not heard the voice of truth whisper into 
your ears? Have you not observed the fact that Nature is 



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subjected to laws? Why do you no1 to live in har- 

mor.y with natural forces? To every action there is an 
equal reaction. This law penetrates the depth of the 
universe and operates in the ethical as well as in the 
physical realm." 

A black cloud swept over the face of the moon and 
the old man turned his attention to the compass. As he 
regained a lair view of the earth he renev/ed his philosoph- 
ical discourse with increased fervor: "I admire," he stated 
resolutely, "the good and noble, the pure and sublime; 
I adore the man or woman whose heart flows out for the 
purification of soi 1 the unfoldment of mankind. 

Ei rryone, young and old, weak and strong, has a mission 
to perform, a duty to make life swe I better on the 

earth as well as beyond the grave. You are imbued and 
surrounded with the breath of God, the laws of nature are 
in every fciespe of your body, in the sap of the 
pine, In the soft blushes of the rose, in everything, every- 
where. . are qualiti $ cadiating 
Ivom i.ionious i i pji ciiviiv j j nature. 



7d 



THE MAN IN THE MOON. 

The hypocrite, the murderer, the slave of mateiialism 
should be pitied. They are ignorant of their low plane and 
incapable of appreciating the higher and more divine 
forces, emanating from the unfathomed depth of eternal 
love and sympathy." 

His bright eyes swept over the surface of the earth, 
peeped into the royal palaces and the lower dives of the 
big cities. He shook his majestic locks and a fresh vol- 
ley burst from his burning lips. "I hear with a painful 
sensation," he emphasized warmly, "the shouts of rant- 
ing trumpeters, advocates of creeds and dogmas, boosters 
of political parties and pipers of savage patriotism. Brush 
away the false and harbor the true. Examine the opera- 
tion of nature; study the problem of life, and listen to the 
voice of God in the tumbling water: alls, in the dashing 
waves of the ocean, in the whispering leaves of the laurel, 
in the tender melodies of the thrush. How do the birds 
of the forest worship their Creator? Listen to the soft 
and sweet flow of music on the treetop as the sun sinks 
below the golden horizon in the west? Does the nightin- 



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gale weave together traditional superstition for his faith, 
or does he drink from the inspiring bowl of God? Watch 
the gentle smiles of the lily as the sunbeams kiss its 
blossom, transfiguring it into a blushing crown of silver 
and gold. Observe the joy and harmony everywhere; 
study how delicately everything is attuned to natural laws. 
Unbosom your souls; read the bible of nature; cease to 
quarrel about moss-bearded creeds; unite your energy 
for the discovery of truth and wisdom embodied in the 
handiwork of God, the forces of universal intelligence. 
Unlock the current of love, and scatter far and wide the 
enchanted tendrils of fellowship. 

"As I listen to your prattle on protection and patriot- 
ism my heart throbs with anger. I appreciate your sacred 
reverence for home; I glory in the love ycu manifest for 
your native country; but I abhor your disregard and lit- 
tleness directed against your fellow brothers across the 
boundary line. Watch the birds, notice how happily they 
mingle in all the climes of the globe. Their language 
is one, their music a harmonious flow of love and universal 



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sympathy. How does your mingling compare with the 
winged acgels of the air? 

"When a dispute arises as to the control of a piece 
of terra firma, nature's endowment, you show your teeth 
like a wolf in peril of losing his prey, and, with sword in 
one hand and the bible in the other, you rush to war, 
butcher each other down in the fashion of heartless sav- 
ages. Each belligerent with its train of praying chaplains 
appeals on bended knees to the Supreme Master for power 
and strength to stab, shoot and kill. Picture to yourselves 
the situation, analyze the intrinsic meaning of ycur peti- 
tion for divine aid? What is your religion? Who is 
your God? 

"When thousands of homes are destroyed and happi- 
ness is blasted; when long stretches of territory are cov- 
ered with dead and dying, the father's hope and the moth- 
er's love, then the victorious chiefs of brutality with a 
sprinkling of mutilated, or soul-quenched sons of war, 
return home to the beat of martial music. They are re- 
ceived with open arms; the people worship their heroism 



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and laud their patriotism. The leading warriors, charac- 
terized as "generals," balderdash about their victories, 
now and then puffing up like a Tartar beer vender. The 
public listens to their harangue with acute ear; the press 
is effervescing with praise and congratulations. When 
election comes the most notable slayers are elevated to 
the supreme positions in the gift of the people. They 
occupy the presidential mansion, the gubernatorial chair, 
the halls of Congress. They are regarded as authority 
on government, as promoters of education and moral 
decency; in short, as the authors of liberty and the fathers 
of the country. 

"The preacher in his respective pulpit offers thanks 
to the Almighty; he interlaces his prayers with rags of 
heroism, and skims with eulogistic eloquence over fields 
of bloody battles, where thousands of innocent lives were 
sacrificed to soothe the burning spleen of a few nobles, 
or to crown a knot of human destroyers with the honor 
of generalship. He surveys the throne of God and speaks 



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.of savage deeds as being consistent with the wishes of 
Heaven." 

The old man shook his hoary head into a streaming 
halo of snow, as he speeded hurriedly towards the zenith, 
renewing his dissertation with increasing force. "My heart 
burns," he exclaimed irascibly, "when I meditate upon 
God's own offspring. I have seen the bud of reason and 
the bloom of philosophic instinct uprooted and heaved 
into the grave by the cold hand of prejudice; I have seen 
the nightmare of superstition spreading its dark wings 
upon the pearl-set blooms of truth and love; I have seen 
the dogmatic advocate with his shining blade stabbing 
the hoary expounder of philosophy and wisdom. 

"How dearly I loved old Socrates! How often did 
I shed dazzling beams to illumine the streets of Athen, 
when the brave sage stood barefooted in the midst of a 
dense multitude unfolding the maxim of moral conduct 
and the philosophy of life! But ah! how did the self- 
styled potentates, wielding the scepter of government, 
receive his ringing messages of wisdom and truth. Their 



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prejudice was enkindled, their ignorance intensified; 
superstition became their plausible excuse; the hemlock 
was prepared, and the dauntless interpreter of the laws 
of nature drank the cup of death and fell into an untimely 
grave. 

"Socrates is not the only one who sleeps in the dust 
a martyr of thought and freedom. Nay, a long train of 
brilliant stars beuds over the horizon of your civilization. 
Blood and tears are flowing down the gorges of human 
greed, selfishness and vice. How can a man of thought 
and heart remain silent through untold ages? Constantly 
a panorama of crime has spread out before my eyes. I 
have seen kings, popes and monks crawl under the veil of 
religion to slaughter their fellow brothers; I have seen 
innocent men and women, faithful to justice, true to their 

est conviction, burned at the stake under the guise of 
God's will; I have seen bald-headed age with one foot in 
church and the other in the grave at midnight's silent 
hour, scheming, working, to gain possession of the whole 
earth; I have seen homes ruined and children thrown on 



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the arms of mercy by heartless fossils, who figure as moral 
lights and counselors of the people; I have seen the law- 
maker join hands with the pulpit orator in sanctioning the 
establishment of houses of ill-fame; I have seen the young 
girl, the bloom of the household, torn from the bosom of 
a loving mother and heaved into the den of prostitution; 
I have seen the young man, the pride of the fireside, 
dragged into the gilded hall of infamy; I have seen the 
future pillars of every nation — young girls and boys — led 
to ruin by the gaudy peacocks of. society with the full 
consent of hoary monsters, entrusted with the scepter of 
control." 

It was now after midnight, and the old man hurriedly 
drove his brilliant steeds down the heavens. He cast his 
burning eyes once more upon the earth and proclaimed in 
a firm accentuation: "Before I bid you farewell, permit 
me to promulgate my views of life. My declaration comes 
from the heart and is consistent with universal laws, hence 
I speak without hesitation. You are depressing and re- 
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of your own being. You are burning the essence of your 
own happiness by cultivating the weeds of prejudice; 
you are driving sunshine cut of your own bosoms by fos- 
tering superstitious creeds; you are trimming the wings 
of your own prosperity by retaliation. Banish your vanity 
for the amalgamation and upbuilding of the human race. 
God has drawn no line of distinction. You are all the off- 
spring of the same stem. Extricate the impediment of the 
different tongues, which has a tendency to alienate and 
freeze the current of sympathy. Language is an instru- 
mentality by which you convey your thoughts and should 
be universal. Obliterate dogmas and creeds, convert the 
gilded ediiices, the temples of priests and monks, into 
schoolhouses. Uproot the tendrils of selfishness and greed 
and extend the hand of brotherhood to the weak and 
helpless. Read the book of nature, seek the shades of the 
pine for the presence of God, and listen to the voices of 
angels in the tinkling brook. Heaven is everywhere. God 
is within — the ego of the soul." 

As the old man had delivered his proclamation, he 
rolled down the horizon in his silver vehicle and disap- 
peared. 



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AT POULSBO BAY. 

The ocean waves are softly ringing, 
The wildwood pants with sweetness rare, 
With tender voice the birds are singing, 
And music trembles through the air, 

Inspired with glee, 

Which iills the lea 

At Poulsbo bay. 

The soul of happiness is smiling, 
when morning bursts on pearl-set wing; 
And hillocks laugh with joy beguiling. 
While plumage songsters sweetly sing 

Their freedom's air 

In sunshine fair 

At Poulsbo bay. 

And jingle, tingle, ever chiming, 
The wavelets roll with jubilee, 
The sea and land together rhyming, 
And breezes waft around in glee, 

Afar and near 

The heart to cheer 

At Poulsbo bay. 



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IN GOD WE DWELL. 

Ring out ye harps with love and truth. 

On Earth, in Sea and Heaven blue; 
And God uncurtain to our grasp, 

The God impartial, firm and true. 

Is Hell a den of many looks, 
And Heaven, too, a part of all? 

O mighty Soul! unfold and smile, 
With Nature's God we stand or fall. 

O death! a change from night to morn, 
Which leads to sweeter, purer life, 

As on we press to higher planes 
By each succeeding hope and strife. 

Yes, God in man and man in God 

Through life or death on either shore. 

On either shore in Nature's breast 
We dwell forever, evermore. 



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THE BALTIC SCRIBE. 

By the Baltic rolling sea, 

On the Finnish shore, 

Lived an old, sagacious scribe 

In the days of yore. 

Silver locks were streaming 

Like a halo gleaming 

Down his furrowed face, 

Marked with grief and grace. 

with a bright and mellow glow, 

Firm in spirit true, 

Burned his gentle, beaming eyes, 

Deep in color blue. 

In his throbbing bosom lay 

Thoughts of right and wrong, 

Tyranny which fiercely reigned 

Moved his pen along. 

For his little journal 

Words of truth eternal 

He inspiring wrote 

In a metric note, 

Which with freedom sparkle, burn, 

Burning evermore, 



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In the hearts of young and old, 
On the Baltic shore. 

Across the land, o'er hills and fragrant lea, 
His stanza flew with hope of liberty. 
The sons of Finland, patriotic, brave, 
The ringing message soon expression gave. 
Their love grew warmer, more intense and keen 
Till freedom blossomed in their hearts serene. 
Alas! their hope, imbued with sacred joy, 
The Bear now sought with saber to destroy; 
For he had planned his country to extend 
And blood to him a longing pleasure lend. 

With bowed head the scribe with pen in hand 
Was driven from his home and native land. 
His little shop, his leaden types and press, 
A.iih which he sought injustice to redress, 
Were to the flames with rousing jubilee 
Unquestioned heaved to mock his liberty, 
With fettered hands an easy prey he fell 
To waste away within a dungeon cell. 



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No more to see his wite and children dear, 
His native land, his friends afar and near. 

Shackles on his hands and feet, 

Like a criminal, 

Sat the old, sagacious scribe 

In a dungeon cell. 

Time with fury keeping, 

Wife and children weeping 

On the Finnish soil, 

Where they wont to toil. 

Homeless, helpless and forlorn, 

Victims forced to yield 

To the soldiers' brutal rage 

On the bloody field. 

Brokenhearted, helpless, lost, 
Prayers rose in vain, 
Mercy failed to calm the rage, 
To besoothe the pain. 
Brutes in soldiers' glory, 
Heaven knows the story, 



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Seized the victims, young and old, 
All unheeded fell, 

While the scribe with shackles bound 
Reveled in his cell. 



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TRIBUTE TO LEIF ERIKSON. 

Deep in thought he gazed around, 
Ocean waves were rolling, 

Breezes fanned his cherished hope, 
Set his fancy strolling. 

Like a sailor scenting storm, 
Filled with daring notion, 

Stood the Viking, Leif the Brave, 
By the rock-bound ocean. 

Land beyond the salty sea, 
Flowery plains and wildwood, 

Spread a picture to his view, 
In his early childhood. 

Mischief brooding on the deep, 
Clouds in mad commotion 

Filled his soul with bold exploits 
On the stormy ocean. 



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TRIBUTE TO LEIF ERIKSON. 

With a crew of fearless men, 

Wont to ocean faring, 
Gallantly he westward sailed 

With undaunted daring. 

At the helm he firmly stood, 
"Onward." he proclaiming; 

Tempests sweeping o'er the sea 
Set his eyes aflaming. 

In the distance he beheld 

Hillocks clad with wildwood, 

Streamlets leaping through the vales, 
Like in dreams of childhood. 

"Vinland," he proclaimed with joy, 
Land that he was seeking, 

On the shore across the sea, 
Leif, the Northland Viking. 



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TRIBUTE TO JENNY LIND. 

Listen to the joy and gladness 

At the golden dawn serene, 
When the nightingale is singing 

In the forest fresh and green. 
Nature then with rapture trembles, 

Music flows divine along 
To besoothe our restless feeling 

By the magic thrill of song. 
Sweet in pleasure, 
Clear in measure. 
Float the melodies on high 
From the wildwood to the sky. 

As our thoughts enchanted wander, 

Like the listless ocean crests, 
Then a longing keen and tender 

Steals into our throbbing breasts. 
Friends departed gently prompt us. 

Those who cheered the toiling throng, 
Those who strewed our path with roses, 

Filled our souls with joy and song. 



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TRIBUTE TO JENNY LIND. 

Song that cheered us, 
Moved and filled us, 
Made our life serene and sweet, 
When our hearts despondent beat. 

Oft our eyes grow soft and dewy, 
When the past returns to view, 

When the pure and good inspire us 
With a greeting kind and true, 

With a greeting of remembrance, 
Teeming with the joy of yore, 

Like the mellow notes of Jenny, 

Jenny Lind forevermore. 

Song that cheered us, 
Moved and filled us 

With her soul divine and free, 

With her jcy and jubilee. 

Sweet as thrushes' magic fluting 
On the treetops in the lea, 

Or the nightingale's deep clarion, 
Trilled her voice with jubilee; 



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TRIBUTE TO JENNY LIND. 

Rich in music as the brooklet, 
Warbling through the meadow green, 
Fell her silver notes so tender 
From her lips with joy serene. 

Song that cheered us, 

Moved and filled us, 
Filled our hearts to overflow 
In the days of long ago. 

Melodies which sweetly trembled 

From her lips with jubilee 
Were not all which graced her being, 

Made her known from sea to sea. 
In her bosom Virtue caroled, 

Love and truth did ever glide 
With her mellow strains of gladness 

Like the fragrant-breathing tide. 
Song that cheered us, 
Moved and filled us, 
As she onward smiling bore, 
Svea's darling evermore. 



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SPRING NYMPH. 

She comes in March on fragrant wing, 
On fragrant wing, 

The magic nymph with joy of spring, 
With joy of spring. 

She lays her lips on snow-clad peaks, 
On snow-clad peaks. 

And streamlets roll adown their cheeks, 
Adown their cheeks. 

She northward drives the chilly breeze, 
The chilly breeze, 

With touches warm o'er land and seas. 
O'er land and seas. 

She paints the lea afar and near, 
Afar and near, 

In color green, enchanting, clear. 
Enchanting, clear. 



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SPRING NYMPH. 

The meadows to her calling bloom, 
Her calling bloom, 

And skies above with fragrance loom, 
With fragrance loom. 

She makes the sap run up the trees, 
Run up the trees, 
The sun to wake the honey-bees, 
The honey-bees. 

She makes the birds on treetops green, 
On treetops green, 
To shake with song divine, serene, 
Divine, serene. 

Outdoors she calls the maidens fair, 
The maidens fair, 

The young and old her joy to share, 
Her joy to share. 



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SPRING NYMPH. 

Her witchery the glebe beguiles, 
The glebe beguiles, 
And sprouting corn abroadcast lies, 
Abroadcast lies. 

She makes the groves of fir and pine, 
Of fir and pine, 

To burst in bloom like eglantine, 
Like eglantine. 

When sunshine bids the summer sway, 

The summer sway, 

She blesses all and flits away, 

And flits away. 



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IN THE COUNTRY. 

Take me, take me to the old, old home, 

In the country, 
Where the deer and elk so fondly roam, 

In the country, 
Where the full-blown rose with fragrance bends, 
And the mellow horn enchantment lends, 

In the country, 

In the country. 

Let me sit where rivers swiftly roll, 

In the country, 
With bewitching voice to cheer my soul, 

In the country. 
Let me sip the joy that thrushes spill 
On the morning twilight fresh and still, 

In the country, 

In the country. 

'Twas there on the homestead far away, 

In the country, 
That I heard the harp of nature play, 

In the country. 
'Twas there by the sea in days of youth 
That the voice of God my soul did soothe, 

In the country, 

In the country. 



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AROUND THE OLD HEARTH. 

The willows have stiffened, their branches are leafless, 

And lonely they stand on the bank by the river. 

The monarch of winter is wielding his scepter 

With hands that are shivering, cold as the northpole. 

The brooklets are weaving their borders of silver, 

And icicles hang like the swords of the Romans. 

December appears and the heaven is sprinkled 

With spangles of lead; from its bosom is falling, 

So graceful the snowfiakes, and sail down the deep blue. 

The pine and the hemlock are draped with a mantle 

Of white as they stand on the hillside in silence, 

Beholding the splendor adorning the landscape. 

When Yuletide approaches, the steeds and the chaises 

Are heard on the highway with bells that are ringing 

Clear as the brooklet that warbles in springtime. 

The hearth now is blazing with comfort that pleases 

And maidens are chatting around it delighted 

Uiili swains of their liking who came from a distance 

To woo and to win them as sweethearts in wedlock. 

And smiling serenely the basket of apples 

The housewife is bringing to sweeten their pleasure. 

Ah, little they care for the wind which is raging, 

The fury which falls from his lips as he whistles. 

Exalted in hope at the hearth they are chatting, 

So cheerful and happy the swains with their sweethearts. 

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HUNTING MAMMA. 

Little Jennie Lee was lonely, 

Lonely playing on the lawn. 
So she went to look for mamma 

At the setting of the sun. 
Mamma who had le."t her darling 

Many, many years before, 
With a smile as she departed 

For the happy, golden shore. 

Gazing round she wept in silence, 

Toddled weeping to the sea, 
Which outspreads below the homestead 

By the fragrant, verdant lea. 
Standing weary on the seashore, 

Gazing, gazing, far and near, 
Then she heard a gentle whisper, 

"O my Jennie, darling dear." 



HUNTING MAMMA. 

'Twas her mamma's voice so tender, 

Wafting, wafting, to her ear. 
'Twas her voice which gently whispered, 

"O rny Jennie, darling dear." 
Little Jennie Lee responded 

Brokenhearted by the sea, 
"Mamma, mamma, I am lonely; 

Mamma, come and play with me?" 

To her lips, with gladness trembling, 

Came a sweet and tender kiss. 
'Twas her mamma's gentle presence 

Bringing love and Heaven's bliss. 
"'Darling Jennie, don't yon worry," 

Said her mamma sweet and clear, 
"I am with you late and early, 

Watching you, my darling dear." 

I ittle Jennie smiled delighted, 

Whispered low in childish tone, 
"Mamma, come for I must hurry, 

Papa is at home alone?" 
"Darling dear," her mamma answered, 

"Tell your papa, kind and true, 
I am with you late and early, 

Tending, watching, all of you." 

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HUNTING MAMMA. 

Smiling still she stood and listened, 

Gazing at the waning day, 
"Mamma dear," again she whispered, 

"Come and go with me I pray?" 
"Darling, don't you fret," she answered, 

"I am with you evermore. 
Tell your papa that I love him, 

Love him truly, as before." 

So, again she kissed her darling, 

In a happy, sweet adieu, 
Then in accents soft she told her, 

"Jennie dear, be good and true. 
Tell your papa that I love him, 

Love him truly, as before. 
Tell him we shall meet in Heaven, 

There to mingle evermore." 



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TIME. 

On thy. broad wings I sail, 

O aggravating time! 
As ages onward speed 

To higher, nobler clime. 

How oft thy cheeks I hugged, 
When tears were flowing fast, 

But chilly smiles thou gave 
To heal my wounded breast. 

With thee I toss, O time! 

On wings of cunning charms, 
Through gulfs unknown for aye, 
In nature's mighty arms. 



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SPRING HILL. 

I know a place where roses bloom, 

Not far away, 
I know a place where fountains- flow 

In sunshine gay. 
Majestic, grand, Spring Hill outspreads 

Where ripples roll 
Across the bosom of the deep 

To cheer the soul. 
'Twas there the wildwood laid its shades 

Upon the shore 
When Amunds came to build his home 

In days of yore. 
'Twas there he swung with brawny arms — 

O pioneer! 
The axe which made the hillocks ring 

With music clear. 
He banished by his sturdy stroke 

The forest gloom; 
He made the rugged grove and lea 

To burst in bloom. 



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SPRING HILL. 

And like a hero, brave and true, 

He passed away, 
And on his tomb a fragrant wreath 

his friends did lay. 
Spring Hill with blossoms fresh and green 

Adores his name, 
And fountains babbling sweet with song 

His deeds proclaim. 
So, sleep in peace — O pioneer! 

Beyond the sea, 
A fond remembrance fills our souls 

With thoughts of thee. 



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